WD VelociRaptor

[nmX.Memnoch]

Western Digital has just announced a new drive in their Raptor lineup, called the VelociRaptor. It's a 2.5" form factor drive fitted into a heatsink that adapts it to 3.5". The basic specs are 10K RPM, 300GB, SATA 3Gb/s, 16MB cache.

Announcement

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/r...A2191EB887F4%7d

Product Page

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=459

Reviews

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expe...d=548&pid=2

http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Wester...ciraptor_300GB/

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/the_new_f...hard_drive_ever

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14583

[Tripredacus]

As great as the reviews of their previous Raptor drives were, I couldn't get over the amount of noise these drives generated. Hopefully these smaller ones will be quieter.

[nmX.Memnoch]

I just read the TechReport review. At idle it's one of the quietest drives in their test (of over two dozen drives). When seeking it gets a bit louder, but still much quieter than the previous Raptor drives. It was pretty much in the middle of the list for seek noise.

[Zxian]

Two words... "I" & "want"

Stupid... not having... money....

[nmX.Memnoch]

Two words... "I" & "want"

Ditto.

Stupid... not having... money....

Double Ditto.

[cluberti]

Want I? What does that mean?

Sorry, couldn't resist...

[Zxian]

Want I? What does that mean?

In Yoda-speak, it means "I want".